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Isn’t it uncanny how often significant conversations begin while seated around a table? Be they first coffee dates, university discussion groups, Sunday family lunches, funny stories shared around a campfire, or the significance of the wedding banquet across cultures worldwide, conversation grows relational connection, often facilitated by the sharing of food and drink. How can you begin a weekly practice of curated, intentional conversations, seated around a table of your choosing?

Here are a few questions to kickstart your conversation:

What insight has stuck with you this past month from reading the essay introducing Ordinary Time, “Conscious Partial Attention?”

How has your growing awareness of technological creep influenced your life and relationships?

Read through the article “We’ve Seen Megachurch. But How About Micro-Church?” by Rev. Emily M.D. Scott, discussing the powerful, central practice of St. Lydia’s, her congregation – a “Dinner Church on a micro-scale.” How can this spiritual practice deepen your ability to follow Jesus?

Scott states,“Theologically, we've discovered that building big community happens on a small scale: 30 people around dinner tables, sharing a meal they've made together.” To what degree have you found this to be true in your own life?

Scott concludes, “To know the other always takes place on the smallest level possible: one human sitting down with another. But in doing so, we encounter something huge: the limitless presence of God.” How can the table facilitate the encounter of the limitless presence of God?

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